Despite the wonderful colors of spring, I can't seem to stop working in black ink in this book.The other day I went to this web site for Tazo tea looking for a certain tea (I'm hooked on their Giant Peach tea and Mango tea) -- if you love a beautiful and thoroughly thought out web site, go see this one. It's one of the best I've seen in a while. Be sure to have your tea leaves read while you're there!
(Technical bit -- 0.05 Staedtler black pigment ink in Moleskine sketchbook -- and it's my next-to-the-last page! There's something satisfying about finishing a book and starting another!)
18 comments:
This is beautiful! Nice soft textures, it is kind of like shooting in black and white, sometime color masks a lot of mistakes and perfect lines, black and white is so clear and straight forward! BTW, I love black and white, in both photography and art.
Your work is amazing. I love the detail and yet everything still looks so fluffy and fresh!
Linda this is a truly beautiful drawing. I'm actually a tiny bit envious of your skill using ink. It's one thing I really want to learn. I took a one day workshop last Sunday and we used water colour over the ink drawing. But your black and white pieces of art make such a strong and lasting impression. Beautiful!
Oh MY GOSH Linda, it is totally gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! You don't even need color with this, I can see it with your wonderful pen work!
You need to do more drawings-they are so gorgeous, I love looking at them.
OMG! If I could use pen like this, I would have trouble stopping too! It's just fabulous!
OH HOW I"VE MISSED YOUR GLORIOUS SKETCHES!!!! This is magnificient, Linda! Such detailing and fine lines ... gorgeous !!!!!!!
To hell with color! This is ab-so-lute-ly exquisite, my buddy!
Beautiful and delicate, Linda.
I wish we grew peonies here - they are just fantastic forms.
You do such a good job with them.
Beautiful. And I don't miss the color at all. Some drawings have a feeling to them that you don't even notice if they're in color or not.
I have also been using a lot of ink lately and I was beginning to feel a little guilty for not using color more, especially at this time of year. I feel a little better now...
OMG the talent contained in this delightful verging-on-retirement sketchbook. Your skilled and patient renderings never take on a tired, overdone look which I'm certain is large style talent. Thanks so much for letting us enjoy.
this is wonderful, a beautiful page!
Simply beautiful! Your use of line is exquisite.
Glorious, fabulous, wonderful peony! I love the way you've captured the fluff and drama of this flower in nothing more than a few black lines. Great great work, Linda! And at the end of the Moleskine! Woo Hoo!! Let's go crawl somewhere and start filling the new ones!!
Hi Linda, thanks for all your really nice comments on my blog. I have to tell you that if you go to www.wetcanvas.com and click on the pastel forum then go to the oil pastel forum you will find everything you need to know about oil pastels and more. Its a really nice supportive place. The Mi Tiens is a good support but if I were framing any of these (and I'm not!!) I'd want to mount them on something sturdier. Hope to see you in the oil pastel forum. check out the oil pastel society web site too!
Absolutely beautiful sketch - and one I was thinking of doing, too, while my peonies are blooming. No color needed in this wonderful drawing! And thanks for the tip on the tea web site - what a fun visit!!
Beautiful. :-)
really stunning. great work. Laura's right, with lines like that who needs color?
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